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The one from Bingham to Radcliffe (part of an NCN) is barely 2 feet wide in places. If you meet anyone coming the other way on a bike, you both have to stop and edge past each other.

It's actually just a footpath, isn't it, with permission for cyclists to use...

I've a 20-year-old Brompton which I've just converted to 3-speed - the old 5-speed hub had since I got it second hand some years ago jumped in 1st and in 4th. After my last tour on it - I use it for youth hostel tours in Europe - I did up to 55 miles a day. But the gears were getting increasingly ir...

Always ‘augment’ your hand signals with verbal signals. “On your left”, “on your right”, “coming through mind your backs” etc.

I'm a cyclist and I don't really know what those mean! But I think 'on your left' is different from 'I'm turning left'?

Something to chuck into the mix is that if you are on benefits and looking for work, you have to (after a certain time) look for jobs 90 minutes commute away. With all the issues re commuting - not many people enjoy it (unless they are cycling!) - we will surely have to have some sort of job-swap sy...

I assume you tried to attach to the cross bar thing on the seat stays? that limits how far up they can go - the mudguards can then only go out as you tried, way too far out? Yes - unfortunately the fittings at the front don't fit - but that's just my bike. I've had a better go at fitting them today...

Thanks for your comments - a few clarifications: They are 26" x 4.5cm mudguards and advertised to fit 1" to 1.75" tyres, mine are 1.25". So 'should' be designed with that wheel diameter in mind... doesn't look like they were though! No, weren't tightened up, just held in front of...

I bought these last week, but they seem a little large for my 26" wheels! They are Blackburn Cloudburst. The seller (big reputable firm) says they've never had any comments before and wonders if they may have got 'slightly flattened in transit'. The first pic shows that I will have to cut a lot...

This is worth a read: http://www.richmay.co.uk/four-war-tour/
Another poignant piece of 'trivia' is that the first and last casualties are buried opposite each other in the same cemetery, quite by accident https://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/ ... -world-war

I did a route around the Somme in 2018 to visit my great uncle's grave 100 years to the day he died. I took in Vimy Ridge, Cambrai, Albert (and the Lochnagar Crater and several cemetaries round there), then back east to Peronne (nice town) for a break, then west again along the Somme River - definit...

el flaco wrote: Most French people now speak English. Not my experience at all and I spend 3 months every year cycle camping in france. Best to learn some basic French to get by in rural areas where little english is still spoken. Thre's certainly more English spoken in tourist areas, but in the ma...

Thanks all - really useful. I'll pass it on.

For cycling the Rhine south of Strasbourg I recommend the French Wine Route through Alsace. At Colmar cross the river at Neuf-Brisach (a fortified Vauban town) and Breisach to Freiburg. Top Sounds good - one of my options is to hop on the train from Strasbourg to Selestat, cycle to Colmar, then to ...

The Guardain does it the easy ( expensive , cheat?) way https://www.theguardian.com/travel/2020/jan/11/family-cycling-holiday-train-london-to-italy-south-tirol-lake-garda?utm_term=RWRpdG9yaWFsX0d1YXJkaWFuVG9kYXlVS19XZWVrZW5kLTIwMDExMQ%3D%3D&utm_source=esp&utm_medium=Email&CMP=GTUK_email...

I've not done the Velodessee but I do all my tours as a single female, organising it all myself. I usually either book ahead if youth hostelling or have a good idea where I could stay if camping. I'm busy doing it right now, it's part of January! Have you tried https://www.freewheelingfrance.com/? T...

Thanks! I do like quiet details like that.